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There are over 40 Washington, DC radio stations within listening distance to downtown. Most DC-based radio transmitter towers are shorter than in most cities, since most are located on shorter buildings or in the suburbs. This causes reception to be poor. It is partially because Washington, DC allows no buildings to be built that are […]
A few times a season, the National Symphony Orchestra steps out of its traditional role of playing famous classical music by composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, and Wagner, and play scores from classic Hollywood movies.
For two evenings in September, the NSO will perform music from some of the greatest films of all time.
The […]
Is there a more universally recognized toy than Legos?
Roughly 40 million children around the globe, spend 5 billion hours collectively playing with Legos each year, according to Lego.
And since 1949, 400 billion Lego elements have been manufactured or roughly, a 9,500 new pieces per minute.
With that many pieces floating around since 1948, […]
Join roughly 27,000 people aged 50 and over at AARP’s 50th anniversary event in Washington, DC, Life@50+ National Show & Expo.
For 50 years, AARP has been representing the interests of people as they age gracefully. And another person turns 50 every 7 seconds in America. Now that AARP has turned 50, it’s time for a party!!
Besides […]
Besides normal heavy Labor Day holiday weekend traffic in and around Washington, DC, there’s a couple major issues to plan around this Labor Day weekend.
If your travels take you to Reagan National Airport , expect a 30+ minute delays on Metro’s Blue and Yellow line subway trains this weekend. Metro is replacing tracks […]
On a warm night on August 28 in 1963, the famous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom rally in Washington, DC drew over 250,000 people to the National Mall.
After the march, which ended at the Lincoln Memorial, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic 11-minute “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps. […]
American painter, Richard Diebenkorn’s early abstract impressionism work is not well known. But his Albuquerque period (1950-52), created a solid foundation for future work.
His individualist style were based, in part, of earlier works of abstract expressionists from a decade earlier.
By the 1960s, he had become a known and respected abstract expressionist on America’s Pacific coast.
Closing […]
If new and different world music is your thing, don’t miss the Planet Arlington World Music Festival on the grounds of the Iwo Jima Memorial just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC.
This year’s line up includes:
Solas, my new favorite a US-based Celtic band, featuring some lightening-fast and well-crafted traditional Irish […]
I really enjoyed the preserved bodies exhibit and so did close to 300,000 other visitors to Body Worlds 2, at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
The exhibit is closing on September 1st, 2008, so here’s you last chance to experience the inner workings of the human body.
For the final weeks, the hours […]
Associate Conductor, Emil de Cou, conducts the National Symphony Orchestra for the annual Annual Labor Day Concert on the West lawn of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
National Symphony Orchestra Labor Day concert West lawn of the US Capitol Building E. Capitol and First […]
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